Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Maxicard from Bulgaria: The second-biggest owl in the world: The Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
I would have placed the stamp and the postmark on the upper right corner, for better visibility.
Yes, it's the same species from a previous post, where I showed a maxicard from Romania.
So I suppose that these Bulgarian owls can swallow a whole hedgehog, as well. Sheesh! :)
Great websites for owls on stamps, etc.:
http://www.birdtheme.org/scripts/family.php?famnum=78
http://www.owlsandbooks.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.owlsandbooks.co.uk/links.htm
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Cape Eagle-Owl (Bubo capensis) - "UNICATE" maximum card created for me by my friend F., from South Africa
My friend F. went personally to a post office in Krugersdorp, South Africa, and obtained the postmark for this, and for other UNIKAT maximum cards (without duplicates) that she created at my request, for me.
Thank you, again! :)
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By the way, what do you understand if I say "This maximum card is UNIQUE?"
Well, it may mean different things, to different people.
It may mean that it has an unusual, original design - but how many copies have been manufactured from this design? Several?
It may mean that this specific configuration stamp+postmark+postcard was created by only one collector, but she may have obtained 100 "duplicates", "copies", all identical.
What I wanted to say is that THERE IS NO COPY of it - only one specimen of this maximum card.
So, why don't I invent a word in the English language, that is a noun (not an adjective): UNICATE.
It means that there's only 1 (one) in the whole world.
No DUPLICATE, no TRIPLICATE, etc.
This maximum card is a UNICATE.
There is already such a noun in German: UNIKAT.
From there, it was adopted in Romanian: UNICAT.
So, why not in English, too: UNICATE, to rhyme with DUPLICATE and TRIPLICATE.
:)
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